Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)

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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV was an American army general and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time Japan surrendered to the United States, during World War II.

Wainwright after World War II and promotion to full General

Wainwright as a Brigadier General

Wainwright ordering the surrender of the Philippines while being monitored by a Japanese censor

U.S. generals in Japanese captivity, July 1942; Wainwright is seated front row, third from left.

Philippines campaign (1941–1942)

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The Philippines campaign, also known as the Battle of the Philippines or the Fall of the Philippines, was the invasion of the American territory of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan and the defense of the islands by United States and the Philippine Armies during World War II.

A burial detail of American and Filipino prisoners of war uses improvised litters to carry fallen comrades at Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, 1942, following the Bataan Death March.

Advance Japanese landings in the Philippines 8–20 December 1941.

Disposition of United States Army forces in the Philippines in December 1941.

B-17 at Iba Field in October 1941